Naomi Dawn Musch

     Sometimes ministries fail to thrive simply because folks out there aren’t aware of their needs. Sometimes they flourish, but could be even more productive if more people knew about them. I’d like to share a ministry with you that has been increasing for seven years, but in the current economy has needs as well. In trying to spread awareness, I hope that you will pray for this ministry, its outreach and its needs.

     Living Stones News is a monthly Midwestern Christian newspaper, evangelical in nature, with a hard-copy readership of 40,000, and web hits exceeding 100,000 each month. The paper is distributed free of charge on the streets, in grocery stores, prisons, libraries, churches, and anywhere someone will allow a rack to be set up or have copies dropped off. It is staffed by Christ-loving volunteers of diverse backgrounds, ages, and experience.

     The focus of LSN is unique among Christian publications. It features the life-changing testimonies of regular people, folks whose lives were changed when they came to know the Lord. Over the past seven years, LSN has shared over 500 such stories; testimonies of freedom and healing through Jesus Christ from addictions, abuse, spiritual slavery, depression, broken marriages, loneliness, sickness, and just about every other kind of heartache and despair. All of these articles can be found on the site archives at http://www.livingstonesnews.com .

     They are stories of hope, healing, and deliverance through faith in Jesus Christ.

     Living Stones also features stories of God’s ongoing work through His people; how He is using regular folk to do great things for His glory. It shares the passions of missionaries, pastors, artists, athletes, business owners, and many others who want to use the gifts, talents, and careers God has given them to reach others with all the Good News of the Gospel.

     I hope you will stop over at the website and peruse some of the articles there. I hope you will tell others about them and that you will pray for the ongoing work of Living Stones News. I hope that if you find copies of Living Stones News in your area, you will use them like Gospel tracts, passing the paper on to those who may be touched and encouraged by the stories they read.

     LSN has needs. As I said earlier, the paper is staffed by volunteers. The editors, writers, proof-readers, photographers, website developer, distribution managers, and others have stepped away from their day jobs and other ministries to follow God’s call get the paper into the hands of folks who will be encouraged or grow by it, and perhaps even come to know the Lord if they never have. Funding has come primarily from ad sales. But ad sales don’t cover all the publication and printing costs which exceed $1300 each month. It has been in the vision of the founders to keep the ad space in the paper as minimal as possible in order for the message to remain first and foremost. So, that is the need. As long as God provides, either through ad sales or donations or whatever creative way He chooses to do it, LSN will continue, despite the downtrend in the newspaper industry.

     We at LSN hope that you will join us in praying for and supporting this ministry. Thanks for taking time to become more aware.

     http://www.livingstonesnews.com